Chapter 47: Mountain Wolves
After entrusting Lan Yimo and the jade bottle to Nie Yihan, Chi Jing set off for Wolf Mountain in the early morning of the second day. She disguised herself as an old man with a big scar on her face again, and inquired about the general direction of the mountain wolf village from the well-informed old people in the city, went out of the city gate, rode a horse and rode lightly along the official road, and Gucheng gradually left behind.
Getting closer and closer to the Wolf Mountain area, there are more and more sheep intestine trails. Three hours later, Chi Jing arrived at the foot of Wolf Mountain. The road up was narrow, tortuous and steep, and there were even several rugged places that only allowed one person to pass, so Chi Jing had to abandon his horse and choose to walk. Touching the horse's mane, she was a little reluctant to see this little white horse she had seen at the horse market a few days ago.
She didn't notice it at first. She just passed past it, and it somehow broke free from the horse's leash and caught up with her and gently bit her sleeve. When she was startled and looked down, she couldn't help but smile. It was the first time in more than twenty years that she had seen such a scoundrel look in the eyes of a horse. At that moment, the horse dealer found that it had broken free from the horse's rope, raised his whip and whipped it fiercely, cursing viciously at the horse. Chi Jing had been paying attention to the horse's eyes, and at this time he saw a trace of anger in the horse's eyes.
This horse is actually a little human.
Chi Jing stopped in front of the horse, took a closer look at the horse, and found that the horse not only had arrow wounds on its ears, but also had many fine and dense knife wounds on its body. A horse of such a quality is indeed difficult for a horse dealer, not only can he not sell it for a few dollars, but he also has to raise it every day, and he has already accumulated a belly of fire, no wonder he whips it mercilessly.
Drunk and lying on the battlefield, how many people came back to fight in ancient times? It is not difficult to see that this was once a brave and warlike Humvee, and if its owner were still alive, he would never let it go here. There are still worries about saving people, but animals do not betray people. Chi Jing took pity on it and bought it at twice the market price, naming it Wild Crane.
"Wild cranes." She called softly, staring into the horse's eyes, trying to make eye contact. "I'll have to walk the road ahead, and you're here waiting for me to come back. If I don't come back tomorrow, you can leave here, find a paradise with clear grass and water, and be a real idle cloud and wild crane. ”
The wild crane sneered and turned his head away proudly, ignoring her. Chi Jing stroked his palms and laughed: "This big brother, are you making trouble?" Ha ha. ”
After frolicking with the horses for a while, and finally patting the wild crane on the head, she resolutely walked up the hill.
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Wolf Mountain is located between the junction of Gucheng and Ningcheng, and it is necessary to cross half of the mountain from here to Wolf Mountain. Because the mountain roads are rugged and the terrain is steep and inaccessible, except for the students who have won the examination, the people of Gucheng rarely leave the mainland. Especially in the famine 12 years ago, the road conditions directly made it difficult to transport disaster relief materials, and there was not much left of the materials after deducting them from the hands of corrupt officials.
It can be said that the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the smaller the place, the more rampant the corrupt officials are, and the people can only suffer unspeakably.
But the strange thing is that I don't know which dynasty started, there is a rumor among the people, saying that it is the outstanding people of Gucheng, and there are a large number of treasures left by the ancestors hundreds of years ago inside and outside the city. The treasure contains a large number of gold, silver and jewels, and it is easy to rival the wealth of the country. But what really makes everyone in the world rush to it is the Blood Dragon Pill that disappeared with the treasure.
Those who get the Blood Dragon Pill will have eternal life, and those who have the Blood Dragon Pill will win the world.
There is no one in this world who does not want to get the world, and no one who does not want to live forever after getting the world.
Rumors are rumors, but no one has ever seen the real treasure map, let alone the mysterious Blood Dragon Pill.
This is also the reason why the famous five famous families tacitly settled in the small county town of Gucheng, and there are often royal personnel in Gucheng.
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Chi Jing walked in the mountains, only to feel that the mountain breeze was slightly cool and refreshing, maybe it was too long to be in such pure and fresh air, or maybe it was too long since he had climbed the mountain and exercised, and he coughed a few times for a while. Almost immediately, the sound of his own cough echoed in the empty mountains, and even though it was blue and white, it made people feel chills down their spine. She regretted that she didn't let the wild crane follow...
But on second thought, what are you afraid of? She herself is the biggest evil ghost, Lord Yama doesn't accept her, what is she scaring herself for here?
So he coughed again to strengthen his courage, and strode on.
Unaware of the pale green bloodthirsty eyes hidden in the grass not far behind her.
After walking for a while, two forks in the road appeared in front of Chi Jing. There is an indicator monument between the roads, and the left side of the arrow points to the Wolf Mountain, and the right side is marked the Dog Mountain. The names these ancients gave to the mountains really... It's so casual and capricious.
Chi Jing couldn't laugh or cry, but seeing that it was past noon, if she couldn't reach the mountain wolf village before dark, she would have to sleep in the mountains - this was not what she wanted. The old man who showed her the way didn't tell her that there was a dog mountain here. Unable to distinguish the real from the fake, Chi Jing had to walk to the path on the left.
After a quarter of an hour of walking, she turned back to the fork in the road, and saw that the signage had not moved in the slightest, and there was nothing wrong with it. He shook his head and laughed at his suspicions, and stood in place for a moment.
Anyway, be careful to sail a 10,000-year-old ship.
"You can laugh or cry, you don't have to be protected by others..." Seeing the happiness of others, how can you be jealous..."The road I want to walk is still a little bumpy." Chi Jing held his hands, raised his sleeves and breeze, looked like a ruffian old man, and sang his favorite song and gradually walked away again.
A quarter of an hour after she left, the stele slowly turned, and the arrow pointing to Wolf Mountain slowly turned to Dog Mountain, and the side pointing to Dog Mountain slowly turned to Wolf Mountain.
The sound of the rotation was not loud, as if someone was secretly operating, but there was no trace of half a person except for Chi Jing in a radius of several miles.
Finally, the stele stopped, and the heavens and the earth were silent, only the mountain breeze was heard.
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Doesn't it mean that as long as you copy this shortcut and walk into the mountain, you won't be able to see the sign of the mountain wolf village in less than an hour? It's been almost two hours now. Tired and thirsty, Chi Jing stopped and touched up her makeup with the fat powder she had brought with her. If this continues, her old man's makeup will be completely gone...
Sitting on a large rock, she was thinking about it in pieces, when her hand suddenly stopped, and her dangerous instinct made her suddenly pounce hard to the right.
When she got up from the ground and looked at the stone on which she had been sitting—
"I'll go!" Even if she has never seen a wolf, Chi Jing will never mistake it for the dog who is staring at her in front of her and howling deeply!
Pulling out the dagger tied between his legs, Chi Jing still had a glimmer of hope at this time, this is not Wolf Mountain, but Dog Mountain... How nice it would be if it was a cute puppy...
The gray wolf pounced again.